据彭博社12月10日消息，墨西哥总统安德烈斯·曼努埃尔·洛佩斯·奥夫拉多尔在塔巴斯科的Dos Bocas港举行的一次活动中表示，尽管墨西哥目前的炼油系统运行水平为30年来的最低，但该国计划于2019年3月开始批准建造第七座炼油厂。
奥夫拉多尔在公布国家炼油系统计划时称墨西哥将投资80亿美元在Dos Bocas新建炼油厂。他对这个阳光普照的墨西哥湾小镇上对欢呼的人群说道：“我们最迟将在3月份开始对炼油厂进行招标。”他重申他的意图是提高燃料自给自足并结束石油产量的长期下降。他说，墨西哥的石油产量连续第14年下降，将在2024年“实际”上升至每天240万桶。
奥夫拉多尔表示，已经有566公顷的联邦土地为新工厂做好准备，新工厂的原油加工能力为每天34万桶，这将使之成为墨西哥最大的炼油厂。它将包括17个加工厂，93个储罐或设施，并连接到Dos Bocas海运码头。一条连接炼油厂和港口的管道将会修建起来。
类似于墨西哥Empresas ICA SAB和美国Fluor公司的合资企业Ica Fluor和美国的Bechtel公司，此前曾表示有兴趣参与该炼油厂的公开招标。奥夫拉多尔没有提到国有石油公司墨西哥国家石油公司是否会参与运营新工厂。
他说“我们将在三年内生产汽油供我们在国内消费，这样我们就可以降低燃料价格。”
奥夫拉多尔还表示，墨西哥政府将在2019年将Pemex的预算增加750亿比索，以便该公司能够投资一系列新项目以改善其运营。他重申，他的政府将在12月15日向国会提交2019年预算，并表示该国不会动用石油应急基金来资助新的石油政策。
曹海斌 摘译自 彭博社
原文如下：
Lopez Obrador Says Mexico to Build an $8 Billion Refinery
Mexico plans to start awarding the construction of its seventh refinery as soon as March 2019, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said at an event at the Dos Bocas port, in Tabasco, even as the nation´s refining system is operating at its lowest levels in three decades.
Unveiling a plan for the nation’s refining system, Lopez Obrador said Mexico will invest $8 billion in the new processing facility at Dos Bocas. "We are going to start the bidding process for the refinery by March at latest," he said to a cheering crowd in the sun-drenched town in the Gulf of Mexico, reiterating his intentions to boost fuel self-sufficiency and end long-term declines in oil output. Mexico’s oil production,Lopez Obrador said a lot of 566 hectares of federal land is ready for the new plant, which will have crude processing capacity of 340,000 daily barrels, making it Mexico’s biggest refinery. It will include 17 processing plants, and 93 storage tanks or facilities, and link up to the Dos Bocas maritime terminal. A pipeline will be built connecting the refinery to the port.
Companies such as Ica Fluor, a joint venture between Mexico’s Empresas ICA SAB and Fluor Corp. in the U.S., and U.S.-based Bechtel, have previously expressed interest in participating in the public tender for the refinery project. Lopez Obrador didn´t said if the state-owned oil company, Petroleos Mexicanos, will operate the new facility.
"In three years we will be producing the gasoline that we consume in the country, so that now we can lower the prices of the fuel," he said.
Lopez Obrador also said the government will increase Pemex’s budget by 75 billion pesos for 2019 so the company will be able to invest in a series of new projects to improve its operations. He reiterated his government will submit the 2019 budget to the Congress
